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(British) SAS Plans Rescue Mission Amid Pakistan Coup Fears
UK Express ^
Posted on 09/13/2010 12:58:47 PM PDT by jhpigott
SAS soldiers are standing by for an emergency evacuation of Britons from Pakistan amid fears of a military coup.
There are concerns that hardliners in Pakistan’s army are becoming impatient with the crisis and want faster solutions and a more determined effort to stamp out the terrorist menace.
A diplomatic source said: ‘‘There are more and more rumours that some people in the military view a military takeover as the best way to bring greater stability.”
(Excerpt) Read more at dailyexpress.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coup; pakistan
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Trouble brewing in Pakistan . . .
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posted on
09/13/2010 12:58:49 PM PDT
by
jhpigott
To: maquiladora; 1COUNTER-MORTER-68; AU72; hennie pennie; TigerLikesRooster; Genoa; GonzoGOP
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posted on
09/13/2010 12:59:51 PM PDT
by
jhpigott
To: jhpigott
I think this article is biased. The country has a horrible disaster with tens of millions of people effected and the civilian government is paralyzed and the president is in a villa in France. There is a very good argument that the country needs the military to take the reigns. There may be a lot of negatives to that, but it's ridiculous to ignore the situation on the ground right now.
To: jhpigott
Bump so I can find this later. Looking forward to reading the comments.
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posted on
09/13/2010 1:01:59 PM PDT
by
LuvFreeRepublic
(Support our military or leave. I will help you pack BO!)
To: jhpigott
It’s all because of that pastor in Florida...
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posted on
09/13/2010 1:02:38 PM PDT
by
jiggyboy
(Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: jhpigott
Just the other day, the Pakistani President categorically stated there is no chance of a coup.
Which means one is imminent.
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posted on
09/13/2010 1:04:30 PM PDT
by
swarthyguy
(KIDS! Deficit, Debt,Taxes!Pfft Lookit the bright side of our legacy -Ummrika is almost SmokFrei!)
To: Michael Barnes
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posted on
09/13/2010 1:05:26 PM PDT
by
Michael Barnes
(Call me when the bullets start flying.)
To: jhpigott
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posted on
09/13/2010 1:05:35 PM PDT
by
unkus
To: jhpigott
Sure glad we got rid of Mushariff. Sarc/
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posted on
09/13/2010 1:05:41 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
To: nickcarraway
Whether warranted or not, the problem with a coup is that they don’t always go as planned. The Indians are not exactly big fans of political instability in Pakistan given their past history and the nuke issue.
You can bet if there becomes a question of who controls the keys to the Paki nukes, the Indians are going to make noise.
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posted on
09/13/2010 1:06:32 PM PDT
by
jhpigott
To: jhpigott
The UK is worried that the military might stop Turkey from become another Iran. The horror.
The Islamics know the UK has their back.
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posted on
09/13/2010 1:17:34 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
To: jhpigott
One would hope that they have their own Pakistani version of Pinochet. (Hell, we could use one right here on our own soil right about now).
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posted on
09/13/2010 1:25:13 PM PDT
by
Salvey
To: jhpigott
I think you mean “Pahk-ee-stahn.”
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posted on
09/13/2010 1:25:49 PM PDT
by
GnL
To: jhpigott
Along with Turkey, after the vote on their constitution that gives more power to the Islamic Party and subordinates the military to it. The military there had always been the protector of the Ataturk secular revolution.
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posted on
09/13/2010 1:33:56 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: jhpigott
...hardliners in Pakistan’s army...want...a more determined effort to stamp out the terrorist menace. And the bad news is?
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posted on
09/13/2010 1:38:24 PM PDT
by
McGruff
(How's that Hopey Changey thingy workin for ya?)
To: jhpigott
Trouble brewing in Pakistan . . . When isn't there?
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posted on
09/13/2010 1:42:31 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: jhpigott
Anyone count Pocky-stan’s nukes lately?
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posted on
09/13/2010 1:46:08 PM PDT
by
Gabrial
(The Whitehouse Nightmare will continue as long as the Nightmare is in the Whitehouse)
To: Salvey
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posted on
09/13/2010 1:57:20 PM PDT
by
OregonRancher
(Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints)
To: jhpigott
They just need a few call centers and everything will be good to go!
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posted on
09/13/2010 1:57:49 PM PDT
by
TSgt
(And the war came.)
To: Salvey
Hell, we could use one right here on our own soil right about now
I have been saying for a long time that we are in exactly the same political situation as Rome at the fall of the Republic. We are one riot away from Cesar Americanus crossing the Potomac. Put it this way would you stand in front of an M1A2 to defend Obama?
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posted on
09/13/2010 2:10:17 PM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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